When I first started following transportation issues in the area, over 20 years ago, I participated in a focus group of bikies about the Verona Road/Beltline issue. And probably a dozen meetings, open houses, charretes, etc since then. And every time sensible people pointed out the need for non-SOV solutions.
In the intervening years, the Transport 2020 plan has been gathering dust, because public transportation is "too expensive".
And now we're dropping over $175(?) Million just on the Verona Road interchange.
That's our reality. Quoting Robbie Webber via Bikies <[email protected]>:
On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 6:12 PM, William Hauda via Bikies < [email protected]> wrote:I guess I pushed the buttons of the anti-reality movement. Those of us who are actually doing stuff and not just engaging in the wishful games of bicycle utopia, which we all want to achieve, will continue to work and deal with these issues in the real world.As someone who actually does work with state DOTs as my day job (although sadly, not WisDOT), I can tell you that many state DOTs in both red and blue states, rural and urban, and all areas of the country, are realizing that highway expansion is not the answer to congestion. Also, congestion is not the metric that they will be using 20 years from now. p with which I am affiliated.
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